The report was classified top secret and not even given to the Knesset's
Committee for Foreign Affairs and Security. But a meticulously worded
15-paragraph summary released by the Israeli government last week
caused enough of a stir. According to a commission appointed by Defense
Minister Moshe Arens, two of the four Arab terrorists who hijacked an
Israeli bus in April were not slain in the ensuing siege, as originally
thought. They were captured alive and killed later while in Israeli
hands. Although the two-man panel concluded that no commanding officer
had...